Sacramento County this week became the latest local government to declare racism a public health crisis.
One Arizona county has so many vaccine doses, it’s now able to offer them to anyone over 18
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Concerned that there weren't enough people signing up to get vaccinated against Covid-19, officials in one small Arizona county changed the vaccine eligibility requirement to encourage more people to make appointmen...
Meervoudige voertuigongeluk in Imperial County, Kalifornië, blare ten minste 12 dood
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'N Meerdere voertuigongeluk in Imperial County, Kalifornië, Dinsdagoggend minstens vertrek 12 mense dood, Arturo Platero, hoofwegpatrolliebeampte van Kalifornië, aan CNN gesê. 'N Voertuig het weswaarts op Norrishweg gery ...
This Wayne County, Michigan, program is helping exonerate people for crimes they didn’t commit. Now it’s going statewide
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After spending more than 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, Larry Smith was released February 4 through the Conviction Integrity Unit at the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in Michigan. The feeli...
Ecuador’s health minister resigns after vaccine access scandal
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Ecuador's health minister Juan Carlos Zevallos stepped down Friday, after his department allowed a university official receive a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of other priority groups. President Lenin Moreno announced Zev...
Wetgewers moet die voorstel vir federale kommissie laat herleef wat die taak het om Amerika se geskiedenis van rassisme te ondersoek
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Twee Demokratiese wetgewers sal Donderdag weer wetgewing instel waarin gevra word dat die eerste federale kommissie vir rasse-geregtigheid gestig word wat die land se geskiedenis van sistemiese rassisme teen Swart mense moet ondersoek..
Indië se grondwaterkrisis bedreig voedselsekerheid vir honderde miljoene, studie sê
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Honderde miljoene mense in Indië staar 'n ernstige bedreiging in vir hul lewensonderhoud en voedselsekerheid as gevolg van oorbenutting van lewensbelangrike watervoorrade, volgens die outeurs van 'n nuwe studie. Indië is een van die wêreld ...
The workers who could get us through this crisis
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Sy. Kirsten Gillibrand is a Democrat from New York. Sheila Davis, DNP, is the CEO of Partners In Health, an organization that works to provide high-quality health care to impoverished communities globally. The opini...
Michigan county GOP censures Republican congressman for vote against Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Washington Michigan GOP Rep. Fred Upton was censured Tuesday by a local Republican Party in his congressional district for his vote to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her House committee assignments. The Cass...
Biden administration to send 25 million masks to community health centers and food pantries
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The Biden administration said Wednesday it would send more than 25 million masks to community health centers, food pantries and soup kitchens across the country in order to reach some of the nation's most vulnerable...
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Trump administration’s public charge rule
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Washington The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case brought by various groups and state and local officials challenging a Trump-era rule that makes it more difficult for immigrants to obtain legal status ...
An entire school board resigned after they criticized parents during a public virtual meeting
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The president and three members of a school board in Northern California have resigned after they were heard making disparaging comments about parents in the school district during a virtual board meeting last Wedne...